Common Sense A Victim In Ferguson Protests

The Ferguson story is tragic on many levels. It appears that common sense and reason have given way to politics and political correctness.

Police officers are sworn to enforce law and order. Given the facts of this case as we now know them, Michael Brown neither acted lawfully nor orderly on that fateful day in August. Those who refuse to acknowledge this crucial point sheepishly hide behind political correctness.

What is glaringly apparent is that not only did Michael Brown fail to comply with lawful orders of a police officer, but he chose to escalate the situation by attempting to physically disable and disarm the officer. At that very moment, reason dictates that the officer was now in a life and death struggle. Sadly, Brown's series of poor choices ultimately cost him his own life.

Those who politicized this story to decry racial bias are either ignorant of the facts or uncaring of them. If there is a universal lesson that should be gleaned from this tragedy, it's the lesson of the Golden Rule.